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THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
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Ruralisms. — Continued. 
ley  are  still  his  favorite  reds.  Woodruff’s 
Red  bore  large,  compact,  shouldered 
clusters,  and  the  berries  ripened  up  to  a 
bright  brick  red. 
Esther  ripening  with  Mr.  Williams 
for  the  first,  was  large  in  berry  and 
cluster  and  of  fair  quality.  We  have  been 
told  that  E.  W.  Bull,  the  originator, 
spells  this  Ester— not  Esther.  It  is,  as 
has  been  stated  several  times,  a  most 
promising  grape  at  the  Rural  Grounds. 
A  Jack-of-all-trades  is  a  handy  fellow 
to  have  about.  Does  it  pay  to  be  a  Jack  ? 
Does  it  pay  to  have  a  Jack  about  ? 
E.  B.  Voorhees,  Director  of  the  New 
Jersey  Experiment  Station,  says  that  the 
names  of  fertilizer  brands,  as  bone  meal, 
pure  bone,  ground  bone,  raw  bone,  etc., 
are  as  a  rule  simply  trade  terms,  and  in 
the  samples  analyzed  have  no  reference 
to  the  kind  of  bone  or  method  of  manu¬ 
facture.  Provided  bone  only  is  used  in 
the  preparation  of  the  brands,  the  fine¬ 
ness  and  amount  of  plant-food  contained 
govern  value. 
The  terms  soluble  bone,  dissolved  bone 
phosphate  and  other  names  given  to 
brands  are  misleading,  since  animal  bone 
is  not  the  source  of  phosphoric  acid. 
The  usefulness  of  nitrogen  and  phos¬ 
phoric  acid  in  slowly  available  forms, 
as  they  do  exist  in  bone,  has  been  amply 
proved  in  practice,  especially  for  slow- 
growing  crops,  in  orchards,  meadows 
and  in  such  other  cases  where  a  gradual 
increase  in  general  fertility  is  regarded 
as  important.  A  mixture  of  fine  ground 
bone  and  muriate  of  potash,  in  the  pro¬ 
portion  of  three  parts  of  bone  to  one  of 
potash,  is  used  quite  largely  and  has 
proved  a  very  effective  and  profitable 
manure  for  general  use  in  grain  farming. 
It  furnishes  all  the  essential  ingredients, 
it  costs  less  per  ton  than  the  average 
complete  fertilizers,  and  it  contains  quite 
as  much  nitrogen  and  very  much  more 
phosphoric  acid  and  potash. 
Under  the  present  condition  of  the 
fertilizer  trade  and  for  the  purposes  in¬ 
dicated,  the  substitution  of  ground  bone, 
in  part  at  least,  for  the  more  expensive 
though  more  available  complete  fertil¬ 
izers,  is  in  the  line  of  wise  economy. 
The  R.  N.-Y.  has  always  contended 
that  as  the  phosphoric  acid  and  nitrogen 
of  raw  bone  are  slowly  soluble  in  the 
soil,  and  as  plants  need  a  full  supply  of 
food  during  every  stage  of  growth,  it 
ought,  therefore,  to  be  economy  to  sup¬ 
ply  a  small  quantity  of  nitrogen  and 
phosphate  in  a  readily  soluble  condition. 
Cornus  sanguinea  is  the  dogwood 
whose  branches  turn  from  a  dull  green 
to  a  brilliant  blood  red  in  winter,  which 
color  they  retain  until  the  sap  begins  to 
flow  in  the  spring.  Cornus  mas  is  the 
Cornelian  cherry,  valuable  for  its  little 
yellow  flowers  and  bracts  that  appear  in 
the  spring  before  the  leaves,  and  the 
pretty  red  berries  which  follow.  There 
are  variegated  varieties  of  each.  Of 
Cornus  florida  there  are  two  varieties 
well  worthy  of  cultivation,  viz  ,  the  Red- 
flowering  and  the  Pendulous. 
Among  the  names  prominently  men¬ 
tioned  in  the  West  for  Secretary  of  Agri¬ 
culture  under  President-elect  Cleveland 
is  that  of  Gov.  Norman  J.  Colman  It 
will  be  rem  -mbered  that  he  was  our  first 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  though  as  the 
office  was  not  created  until  nearly  the 
close  of  Cleveland’s  administration,  he 
held  it  but  a  short  time.  Interviewed  by 
a  representative  of  the  St.  Louis  Re¬ 
public,  Gov.  Colman  said  that  he  was  not 
seeking  the  position  nor  asking  his 
friends  to  seek  it  for  him.  “If  I  were  15 
years  younger,”  said  he,  “  I  might  feel 
differently  in  the  matter,  but  I  am  get¬ 
ting  old,  and  having  but  a  few  more 
years  to  live  I  do  not  see  how  it  would 
profit  me  to  give  up  four  years  to  official 
work  and  worry  when  some  other  man 
might  do  as  well  for  the  country.  ” 
All  the  same,  he  feels  very  anxious 
that  some  one  may  be  appointed  to  the 
Secretaryship  who  will  be  acceptable  to 
the  farmers  of  the  country  and  be  a  prac¬ 
tical  as  well  as  a  theoretical  agricul¬ 
turist.  If  the  other  seven  positions  are 
to  be  filled  on  account  of  political  influ¬ 
ence,  there  is  the  more  reason  why  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  should  be  ap¬ 
pointed  on  account  of  his  qualifications 
for  the  position. 
In  reply  to  the  question  asked  at  one 
of  the  New  York  institutes,  “  Is  it  true 
that  the  flesh  of  Merinos  is  inferior  to 
that  of  the  mutton  breeds  ?  If  so,  why 
use  them  as  mothers  when  raising  early 
lambs?”  Mr.  J.  S.  Woodward  answered 
that  it  is  a  mistaken  notion.  The  qual¬ 
ity  of  mutton  depends  on  the  feed,  and 
you  can  grow  just  as  good  mutton  under 
a  Merino  hide  as  under  the  hide  of  a 
South  Down.  What  do  the  sheep  men 
say  to  that  ? 
The  Elberta  peach  is  a  fine  keeper.  It 
has  been  kept  10  days  after  being  picked 
from  the  tree  as  fresh  as  when  picked. 
Seedling  orchid  culture  is  neither  easy 
nor  satisfactory.  The  formation  of  seeds 
depends  usually  upon  the  timely  coopera¬ 
tion  of  insects  which  carry  the  pollen 
from  the  anthers  to  the  isolated  stigmas. 
The  seed  is  as  fine  as  dust  and  is  sown 
among  fern  roots,  where  it  germinates  in 
from  four  to  five  months.  As  then  the 
seedlings  do  not  bloom  until  they  are 
from  four  to  twenty  years,  the  orchid 
cultivator  often  works  for  the  benefit  of 
those  who  come  after  him. 
Word  for  Word. 
- Prof.  Babcock  :  “  Ten  good  cows 
make  a  Baby  separator  a  profitable  in¬ 
vestment.” 
- Prof.  W.  W.  Cooke  :  “  Restless  Ver¬ 
monters  have  been  drawn  away  to  other 
fields,  not  realizing  the  value  of  the 
home  soil,  and  this  has  led  to  a  cheapen¬ 
ing  of  lands  really  of  high  value.  Ver¬ 
mont  has  no  poor  land.” 
“  To  be  displeased  with  one’s  self  is  the 
first  step  in  all  true  reformation.” 
- J.  S.  Woodward  :  “  The  cow’s  proper 
temperature  is  102  degrees,  while  that  of 
our  bodies  is  but  98  degrees ;  then  why 
turn  out  the  cow  machine  to  shiver  under 
the  lee  side  of  a  barbed-wire  fence  with 
the  mercury  below  zero  ?” 
- Ram’s  Horn  :  “There  is  no  ram  in 
the  devil’s  country.” 
- Ohio  Farmer:  “Joseph  Harris  spent 
his  life  in  investigations  that  would  add 
to  human  knowledge,  comfort  and  happi¬ 
ness,  and  in  disseminating  the  informa¬ 
tion  thus  obtained.  J  ay  Gould  spent  his 
life  in  amassing  a  fortune  at  the  expense 
of  others.” 
“Joseph  Harris  is  a  character  to  be 
held  up  for  example  to  our  young  men  ; 
Jay  Gould’s,  one  to  be  anathematized  and 
condemned.” 
- New  York  Times:  “The  restrictions 
of  criminal  law  Jay  Gould  evaded  with 
remarkable  success.  Throughout  his 
entire  career  he  remained  at  large,  and 
this  fact,  considering  the  nature  of  his 
operations,  is  a  high  tribute  to  his  skill.” 
“  Neither  have  his  methods  of  acquir¬ 
ing  property  subjected  him  to  any  bodily 
harm,  except  upon  two  occasions — once 
when  an  indignant  associate  dropped  him 
down  an  area,  and  once  when  a  disap¬ 
pointed  operator  publicly  slapped  his 
face.” 
- New  York  Tribune:  “Mr.  Gould  ac¬ 
cumulated  enormous  riches,  but  it  is 
easy  to  believe  that  he  enjoyed  their  pos¬ 
session  far  less  than  the  acquisition  of 
them.” 
- Wisconsin  Farmer:  “I  keep  a  bottle 
of  chloroform  in  the  house,  and  when  I 
have  superfluous  cats  or  other  small  ani¬ 
mals  to  kill,  I  pour  some  in  a  cup  and  put 
it  in  a  small,  tight  box,  into  which  I  then 
put  the  animals  to  be  disposed  of.  They 
can  feel  no  pain,  go  to  sleep  immediately, 
and  in  two  or  three  hours  are  dead.  And 
who  would  not  rather  pay  10  cents  for 
chloroform  than  inflict  a  torturing  death 
on  a  helpless,  innocent  creature  ?  ” 
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